[Yeah, he had a feeling he’d sulk at that, and Lancia’s grin totally isn’t saying that he gave that exact answer because he knew that Faustino would sulk about it or anything.]
[Also, it’s completely true, and he refuses to recant, so.]
[He gestures for the waitress to refill his drink, waiting until he’s sipped a bit more before he speaks up again.]
Your cleverness and your will are good too, of course. I wouldn’t want you to think otherwise. I know it seems like I fuss over you often, but I know you could do well on your own. It lets a bit of weight off of my mind.
[Ciro and Al, of course, have their own strengths, and Lancia is sure that, in an emergency, Ciro could step up if he really wanted to… But he knows they’d stress if something happened to, say, him, or Faustino.]
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[Yeah, he had a feeling he’d sulk at that, and Lancia’s grin totally isn’t saying that he gave that exact answer because he knew that Faustino would sulk about it or anything.]
[Also, it’s completely true, and he refuses to recant, so.]
[He gestures for the waitress to refill his drink, waiting until he’s sipped a bit more before he speaks up again.]
Your cleverness and your will are good too, of course. I wouldn’t want you to think otherwise. I know it seems like I fuss over you often, but I know you could do well on your own. It lets a bit of weight off of my mind.
[Ciro and Al, of course, have their own strengths, and Lancia is sure that, in an emergency, Ciro could step up if he really wanted to… But he knows they’d stress if something happened to, say, him, or Faustino.]